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Announcing the 2024 Students of History Scholarship Winner

Students of History

She also shared insights from her Law and Public Policy class, where she engaged in mock trials and debates, and from her Psychology class, where she created a memorable baby book project. Toyosi’s winning submission detailed a World War I project that allowed her to connect with the soldiers' experiences through a hands-on approach.

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Theater, economics and psychology: Climate class is now in session

The Hechinger Report

I was struck by how professors in fields as diverse as theater, economics and architecture were participating in the “living lab” model. Oil and gas companies and their affiliated foundations finance climate and energy research, sit on university governance boards and host student-recruitment events on campus, the report notes.

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Military Recruitment Wrongs the Young

Political Science Now

This piece, written by Dirck de Kleer , covers the new article by Jonathan Parry, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Christina Easton, The University of Warwick, “Filling the Ranks”: Moral Risk and the Ethics of Military Recruitment.” Online content moderators, reviewing harmful materials, risk psychological trauma.

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STUDENT VOICE: ‘So many students are already sleeping in their cars, homeless shelters or even on the street’

The Hechinger Report

The coronavirus makes this even more urgent because students are more vulnerable economically than ever before. But I also know my economic reality is unstable. My student government is seeking to spend tens of thousands of dollars to support our students. The basic needs of our students must be met. Our biggest fear?

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

It’s unfair, it’s discriminatory, and it disadvantages already economically disadvantaged kids,” said Jack Fletcher, co-founder of the Texas Center for Learning Disabilities in Houston and one of the first scientists to question the discrepancy model’s validity. Guidelines put out by the U.S.

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OPINION: Early ed should adopt these 3 ideas from Montessori schools

The Hechinger Report

The United States cannot maintain its status as an economic powerhouse if we fail to focus properly on basic skills. Johnson formed Head Start in 1964, the federal government has been involved in shaping early childhood education. Since President Lyndon B.

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A regional public university’s identity crisis

The Hechinger Report

Given current circumstances, Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, has decided to teach his fall course, “Economic History of Europe,” for a salary of $1. Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University and national expert on higher education finances, began teaching at O.U.

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